Nanhui

N1A1N1H4U1I1

proper noun

A district of Shanghai, China.

Scrabble 9

Meanings

proper noun

alternative Nanhwei

  1. abbreviationellipsisEllipsis of Nanhui New City: a town and planned city in Pudong district, Shanghai, China.
  2. historicalA district of Shanghai, China.
    2 more examples

    -- China’s State Council has approved the merger of the Shanghai Pudong New District with the neighbouring Nanhui district, the Shanghai municipal government said.[...] -- The Pudong district of Shanghai, the country’s financial and commercial hub, is about to more than double in size as it will merge with neighbouring Nanhui district.

    2009 May 6, “UPDATE 1-PRESS DIGEST - China - May 7”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 07 May 2022, Banks

    The city’s anti-corruption watchdog announced that Wu Zhongquan, former director of the Construction and Transportation Commission in Shanghai’s Minhang district, and Tang Guiming, former party secretary of Xuanqiao county in the now defunct Nanhui district were being investigated for “serious disciplinary violations”, a phrase routinely used as a euphemism for corruption. Also being investigated were Zhu Jinhua, former deputy director of the urban planning and land management department in Nanhui, and Zhang Wenjun, former bureau chief of Nanhui’s housing and land administration bureau.

    2014 September 24, “Shanghai graft probe ensnares 11 officials”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 Oct 2014, China

Synonyms & antonyms

Origin

  1. Mandarin南匯 /南汇
  2. EnglishNanhui

From Mandarin 南匯 /南汇 (Nánhuì).

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 南匯 /南汇
  • 南匯 /南汇 (Nánhuì)locations

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“Nanhui.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nanhui. Accessed November 3, 2026.

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